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I love pens! I mean, like I look at a pen and want to write with it right away, if I like it I NEED it! I get excited when they are on sale and want every color in a style I love. Paper-Mate Flair comes out with new colors all the time and I get it stuck in my head that where I am just thinking about how much I want it. It’s a bad addiction.

If someone picks up my pen to use I get a little sweaty, like are they going to press too hard, what if they take off with it? Ugh, I look like a NUT.

I do get excited though when people ask me for my thoughts on a pen, then I have to go into great detail, do you want a ball point, gel ink or a fine line pen.  Are you left or right handed (lefty here!)?

It depends on my mood with what I like in the moment. Usually I use my Paper-Mate Flair, then I might switch to my Stabilo 88’s.  It depends on what I am doing; writing, coloring, drawing… and sometimes I use a mix of them. I think that mixing the types can really give you a good effect! I got a deal on the Bic Gelocity pens (like free with rebate) and I have finally found a gel pen I can write with (again… lefty issues). I still like to use Crayola’s and think that colored pencils are the bomb.  Let’s just say if it writes, I want it.

My husband didn’t understand my passion about the pens at first, but I believe that he has come to get it a little.  I have a cabinet that I get to store all the pens that I am not using, as well as other art supplies, but I love to just open it up and look at all I have! It makes me happy.

I can tell now that I am raising a child who understands my love and he often times wants to use my pens too.  I let him use them because I think it is good to understand and respect other people’s pens. I think that this addiction I have came from my mother, so it is only understandable.

I figure that if you have to have an addiction, this is a good one to have.  It doesn’t really hurt people, and I can be just as happy with a $2.00 pen as well as a $200.00 pen, so I don’t’ have to spend a lot of money on it. 

I have found that many planner people have a love of pens too, and like stickers, you can never have enough!

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